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Incredibly Random Happenings at ESPN.com
« on: April 27, 2009, 09:27:42 PM »

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I swear this is true:

If you go to ESPN.com and enter in a variation of the famous "Konami Code" (up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, b, a, then enter a bunch of times), you'll see...something most unexpected.

As I'm writing this apparently they are taking it down page by page (they must've gotten hacked somehow) - it may still work on some pages but doesn't work on the main page any more.  Here is a cached version of the site from earlier tonight, and I can verify it works there:

http://74.125.113.132/search?q=cache:ssdn4F46EEYJ:espn.go.com/+espn.com&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

You don't type the directions into a search box or anything - just let the page fully load and then tap the appropriate keys (you don't type the commas, either).  Biggest laugh of the day for me!

Re: Incredibly Random Happenings at ESPN.com
« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2009, 09:37:26 PM »

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Funny, but could have been incredibly something more incredible.
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Re: Incredibly Random Happenings at ESPN.com
« Reply #2 on: April 27, 2009, 09:39:33 PM »

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Funny, but could have been incredibly something more incredible.

If you don't think unicorns are incredible then I am sorry all the magic is gone from your life  ;D

Re: Incredibly Random Happenings at ESPN.com
« Reply #3 on: April 27, 2009, 09:46:51 PM »

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I thought you meant the Rebus and Maestro show. :D

That is weird though, what the heck is it?

Re: Incredibly Random Happenings at ESPN.com
« Reply #4 on: April 27, 2009, 09:51:39 PM »

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I thought you meant the Rebus and Maestro show. :D

That is weird though, what the heck is it?

Somebody hacked them - the script that makes the pics is running from a site called cornify.com, whose business model seems to center on planting popup unicorn pics onto any random site.  No idea how they got the script onto there, but it was on every page on the site for awhile.  Looks like they've flushed it out by now.

Re: Incredibly Random Happenings at ESPN.com
« Reply #5 on: April 27, 2009, 09:56:35 PM »

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haha thats pretty funny...and probably just gave all of us some sort of virus, lol